The Iowa AP Index 2005-2017

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Key for the Tables Below

Symbol

Meaning

&nbsp - &nbsp

&nbsp no score,opted out,or not in top 50

&nbsp x &nbsp

&nbsp school nolonger exists(consolidated,closed, etc.)

State average AP Index for All Public Schools, 2005-2017

State Average for Public Schools

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

0.63

0.60

0.57

0.52

0.49

0.44

0.38

0.36

0.31

0.29

0.27

0.24

-

The AP Index refers to exams and graduates from the previous spring. For example, the AP Index for 2006 is based on AP exams taken in May 2005 and a school’s total May/June graduates.

AP Index Scores of Schools Ranked #1 and #50, 2005-2017

#1 Index

#50 Index

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

3.31

3.35

3.43

3.93

3.21

3.08

2.93

2.60

2.21

2.19

2.83

3.36

1.95

0.64

0.62

0.58

0.54

0.49

0.47

0.40

0.40

0.38

0.38

0.32

0.35

0.30

The #1 school in 2006 and 2007 was Rivermont Collegiate, a Specially Accredited College Preparatory School. Specially Accredited College Preparatory Schools are not ranked in the AP Index beginning in 2008.

Past Indices

AP Index Scores (and Rank) of Schools in the Top 50, 2005-2017

The table below presents the AP Index score (and rank) for public schools, accredited nonpublic schools, specially accredited college preparatory schools, and magnet schools who ranked in the Top 50 from 2005 through 2017.

Note: In 2005, Waterloo Christian (formerly Walnut Ridge Baptist School) was ranked 31 with an Index of 0.44. Beginning with the 2008 AP Index, specially accredited college prep schools are no longer ranked with the public and nonpublic schools.